If your read aloud is too long, you may end up with a minilesson that's not
so mini. Perhaps do your RA earlier and then just reread a page or two to
model questioning. Mark it with a post-it and just put a question mark on it.
Verbalize the question you have. Have the kids "try it" by listening to
another page and sharing a questions they have in a turn and talk. Then
listen
to a few questions. Send them back for Ind Rdg, marking their questions
spots with a question post it. Might be too much for them to write the
questions
down, but you know your kids better than anyone else. Then, of course, the
share
Hope this helps.
Leslie P
In a message dated 11/26/2008 5:23:21 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Monday, after break, I plan to start Reading Workshop with my 1st graders.
Up to this point we have been using Daily 5, so they have the routines of
Read to Self, Read with Someone, Listening, Word Work and Writing down
beautifully. However, now I think I will limit their choices to Read to
Self and Read with Someone because we only have 50 minutes for reading
club. I am nervous but excited about diving into this! I keep telling
myself "implement now, perfect later!" So I want to know if this plan is
along the right lines.
My plan is that we will gather up front for a mini-lesson. My first mini
lesson will be about asking questions. I will do a read aloud (not sure what
yet), and tell them that when you read you have two voices going on in your
head: your reading voice and your thinking voice. I will think aloud my
questions while I read a passage. ("I wonder...") Then I will read a little
more and have them raise their hands if a question pops into their heads.
Next, I will model how they can mark their questions while they are reading
today. I will give them stickies and have them write questions on their
stickies and mark the page. After about 25 min. of independent work, we will
come back for a group share. Students will read the page they marked and
then what they were wondering.
Questions!!
-Is this too much for one day?
-Is writing on the sticky notes too much to ask of 1st graders in November?
(well, December)
-I was planning to start off with whole group shares. Then, after we get the
format down and the students hear what sharing sounds like, I want to get
them really good at sharing in groups of 4. How do I make sure they do this
successfully, since I obviously can't watch all the groups at one time? How
do I get them independent in their shares? How do I get them to REALLY
listen to each other?
Thanks for all your help! I am nervous but ready to give this a try.
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